1st Edition

Sports Coaching Cultures From Practice to Theory

196 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

'The art of coaching is recognising the situation, recognising the people and responding to the people you are working with... that's the big thing, to handle people'. Steve Harrison, Coach, Middlesbrough Football Club. Responding to the fast growing subject in academic sports departments, this groundbreaking new coaching studies text offers a view that focuses the coach as a person and the... Read more
Background and Purpose
Structure
Who are the Coaches?
Interview Framework and presentation of the coaches' stories
The Theme Chapters

Biography

Kathleen M. Armour, Paul Potter, Robyn Jones

'Sports Coaching Cultures is an easy to read, yet thought-provoking book which provides an open and honest account of the work of eight elite coaches from the world of sport ... [It] is both well written and logically structured.' - European Physical Education Review